BOOTSY COLLINS

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Bootsy Collins is one of the all-time great funk and R&B bassists, besides being a consummate character. Born in Detroit, Collins formed the Pacesetters during the '60s, a unit that not only included vocalist Philippe Wynne (later of Spinners fame), but also George Clinton as a sideman. Collins and Clinton soon established a lifelong personal and musical friendship, and Collins and his comrades became part of the JB's, James Brown's backing band, from 1969 to 1971.

Collins' inspired, clever progressions and patterns were a vital part of such records as "Get Up, I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine." The group became the House Guests after departing the JB's, until Collins joined Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic empire in 1971. He co-wrote "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker" with Clinton and Jerome Brailey and established himself so effectively that Clinton urged him to form his own band. Bootsy's Rubber Band emerged in 1976, a
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BOOTSY COLLINS The Name Is Bootsy Baby! album cover 4.75 | 2 ratings
The Name Is Bootsy Baby!
Funk 1977
BOOTSY COLLINS Bootsy? Player of The Year album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Bootsy? Player of The Year
Funk 1978
BOOTSY COLLINS Ultra Wave album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ultra Wave
Funk 1980
BOOTSY COLLINS The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away
Funk 1982
BOOTSY COLLINS What's Bootsy Doin'? album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
What's Bootsy Doin'?
Funk 1988
BOOTSY COLLINS Blasters Of The Universe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blasters Of The Universe
Funk 1994
BOOTSY COLLINS Fresh Outta 'P' University album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fresh Outta 'P' University
Funk 1997
BOOTSY COLLINS Play With Bootsy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Play With Bootsy
Funk 2002
BOOTSY COLLINS Christmas Is 4 Ever album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas Is 4 Ever
Funk 2006
BOOTSY COLLINS Bootsy Tha Funk Capital Of The World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bootsy Tha Funk Capital Of The World
Funk 2011
BOOTSY COLLINS World Wide Funk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
World Wide Funk
Funk 2017
BOOTSY COLLINS The Power Of The One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Power Of The One
Funk 2020
BOOTSY COLLINS Funk Not Fight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Funk Not Fight
Funk 2023

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BOOTSY COLLINS Bootsy's Rubber Band : Jungle Bass album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Bootsy's Rubber Band : Jungle Bass
Funk 1990

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BOOTSY COLLINS Glory B Da' Funk's on Me!: The Bootsy Collins Anthology album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Glory B Da' Funk's on Me!: The Bootsy Collins Anthology
Funk 2001
BOOTSY COLLINS The Official Boot-Legged-Bootsy-CD album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Official Boot-Legged-Bootsy-CD
Funk 2008

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